{"id":2458228,"date":"2020-05-08T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=325443"},"modified":"2020-05-08T16:20:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T22:20:00","slug":"high-country-take-a-psychedelic-adventure-in-netflixs-new-star-studded-new-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/high-country-take-a-psychedelic-adventure-in-netflixs-new-star-studded-new-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"High Country: Take A Psychedelic Adventure In Netflix\u2019s New Star-Studded New Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.547263681592\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-325443-112\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled gallery-container\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Photo-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Photo-1-1024x576.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Netflix | Nick Offerman narrates as a mad scientist.\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Nick Offerman narrates as a mad scientist.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Netflix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Photo-1-1024x576.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Nick Offerman narrates as a mad scientist.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Photo-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Photo-2-691x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Netflix | 'Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics\u201d premieres on Netflix on Monday, May 11.\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>&#8216;Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics\u201d premieres on Netflix on Monday, May 11.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Netflix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Photo-2-691x1024.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"'Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics\u201d premieres on Netflix on Monday, May 11.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Photo-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Photo-3-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Netflix | Adam Scott stars in an \u201cAfterschool Special\u201d scene.\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Adam Scott stars in an \u201cAfterschool Special\u201d scene.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Netflix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Photo-3-1024x768.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Adam Scott stars in an \u201cAfterschool Special\u201d scene.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Photo-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Photo-4-791x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Netflix | The downloadable, coloring book page version of the \u201cHave a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics\u201d official poster.\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>The downloadable, coloring book page version of the \u201cHave a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics\u201d official poster.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Netflix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Photo-4-791x1024.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"The downloadable, coloring book page version of the \u201cHave a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics\u201d official poster. \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/high-country-take-a-psychedelic-adventure-in-netflixs-new-star-studded-new-documentary\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/high-country-take-a-psychedelic-adventure-in-netflixs-new-star-studded-new-documentary\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think psychedelics are the answers to the world\u2019s problems,\u201d Sting shares in the trailer for the new Netflix documentary&nbsp;<em>Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics<\/em>. \u201cBut they could be a start.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The film,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/80231917\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">out on May 11<\/a>, dives into the history of psychedelics and celebrates their cultural impact while pondering hallucinogens\u2019 powerful role in treating mental health. A star-studded cast of actors, comedians and musicians includes Ad-Rock, Anthony Bourdain, Bill Kruetzmann, Natasha Lyonne and Sarah Silverman recounting their own personal experiences with acid, mushrooms, peyote and ayahuasca. Nick Offerman narrates, playing a mad scientist, while many of the celebrity trips are reenacted in comedic scripted scenes with trippy animation scattered throughout.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Made over the course of a decade by Emmy winner Donick Cary, whose&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0142620\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credits<\/a>&nbsp;include&nbsp;<em>Late Night with David Letterman<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>The Simpsons<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Parks and Recreation<\/em>,&nbsp;the idea for his debut documentary was conceived in his hometown of Nantucket Island following a conversation with Ben Stiller and Fisher Stevens at the 2009&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/nantucketfilmfestival.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nantucket Film Festival<\/a>. Slated to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/schedule.sxsw.com\/2020\/films\/2026739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">premiere at SXSW<\/a>&nbsp;in March, Netflix Originals has brought it straight to streaming following the film festival\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/video\/index\/610768\/cancellation-sxsw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coronavirus cancellation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the documentary\u2019s release, here are a few more quotes from the film\u2019s high jinks:<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s reality? The answer is there\u2019s no such thing. We are on a trip all of the time. Right now we are on a trip, right? Life is a trip.\u201d<strong>&nbsp;\u2014Deepak Chopra&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid it make me smarter? Did I become enlightened? I don\u2019t know. But I think it enabled me early on to imagine another point of view\u2026another perspective. I think it made me a better person both creatively and every other way. I\u2019d rather be a person who\u2019s had that in their past than somebody who missed it.\u201d&nbsp;<strong>\u2014Anthony Bourdain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first time my dad [Timothy Leary] did psilocybin in Mexico, his famous quote from the experience was \u2018I learned more on my four hours on mushrooms than I did in my previous 20 years in psychology.\u2019\u201d&nbsp;<strong>\u2014Zach Leary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought\u2026\u2019I\u2019ll never do that again.\u2019 But I did. A few more times.\u201d&nbsp;<strong>\u2014Sarah Silverman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just always had this question\u2026there\u2019s gotta be more\u2026there\u2019s gotta be more. And then when took acid, I\u2019m like oh, you\u2019re right\u2026there\u2019s a lot more. It\u2019s a tremendous asset when you learn about it and not have our government stop us from learning\u2026same with marijuana. They take away all of the possible discovery of all of the medicine it could be.\u201d&nbsp;<strong>\u2014Bill Kreutzmann<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou should not take it cavalierly. I don\u2019t know if you should take it.\u201d&nbsp;<strong>\u2014Carrie Fisher<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese compounds when utilized under optimal conditions seem to have a rather remarkable facility for catalyzing spiritual-level experiences, which by their very nature may have the potential to be transformative.\u201d&nbsp;<strong>\u2014Dr. Charles Grob<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cin retrospect, I didn\u2019t realize how much it [LSD] was going to change my life because it really changed my life for a long time.\u201d&nbsp;<strong>\u2014Ben Stiller<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Katie Shapiro can be reached at&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"mailto:katie@katieshapiromedia.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">katie@katieshapiromedia.com<\/a><em>&nbsp;and followed on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bykatieshapiro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@bykatieshapiro<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/high-country-take-a-psychedelic-adventure-in-netflixs-new-star-studded-new-documentary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Offerman narrates as a mad scientist.Courtesy Netflix &#8216;Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics\u201d premieres on Netflix on Monday, May 11.Courtesy Netflix Adam Scott stars in an \u201cAfterschool Special\u201d scene.Courtesy Netflix The downloadable, coloring book page version of the \u201cHave a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics\u201d official poster.Courtesy Netflix Show CaptionsHide Captions \u201cI don\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2458228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-17 18:11:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2458228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2458228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2458228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2458228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}